1000 AutoCAD Tips and Tricks

by George O. Head, Jan Doster Head

One of the favorite and best-organized guides to the AutoCAD design program is back in a new edition, and is more helpful than ever. The book, structured according to the user's expertise, is a cornucopia of shortcuts that simplifies the use of AutoCAD and includes vital new information on AutoCAD Release 11, with its tips and tricks on AutoSOLID, the software's solids modeling program.

561 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1990

About the author

George O. Head has a master’s degree in administration. He is first and foremost a teacher having taught computer science at the college and high school levels. For 20 years he consulted with and taught architects, engineers, and manufacturers complex computer software programs and consulted on financial management and systems integration. He has the ability to explain even the most complex concepts in easy-to-understand terms. Mr. Head founded Associated Market Research and developed Integrated Management Systems which computerized and integrated financial accounting for architects and engineers. He has written six other books on financial management and computer-aided design which have been published in several languages.

Reviews

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Senor Cabezas "1,000 Autocad Tips & Tricks" made me want to read it over and over until my brain implodes. I literally took the book and tried to smash it into my brain. Also, be advised when reading, after reading you may have sever withdrawels and have to read it again or you will kill yourself. Caution, some side effects of this book are, Lack of sleep, saying De Repente often, Shrieking while you brand your self with the name of the book, and also you might want to have a baby with the book. I found it very attractive and i wanted to make sweet passionate love to it until i exploded. This book is a clever book because you actually have to have know George Head, in every way, to understand every aspect of this book. Some other effects of reading this book are saying who what when where and whey while stressing the H, like Whhhhhho, Whhhhhhhhat, Whhhhhhhhen, Whhhhhhhhere, Whyyyyyy. 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and over and over, so if you took the time to read this,GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL!!!
Goodbye now

[Jack Zellow · Rating 5 out of 5]

George Head's "1000 Tips and Trucks" was quite an exquisitely informational read, and I can tell you right now that my life will never be the same. The robust pizzazz and fiery passion that Head embodies in this creamy and full-bodied computational guide fills the reader's body with a fury of informational wonder that prevents you from ever putting down the book again. As soon as I sat down at my machine and began to implement Mr. Head's freakishly awesome guide to AutoCAD, I realized in a silent moment of self-reflection that I had discovered something extremely bueno that would stay with me for the rest of my life. The years that Head spent studying at the University of Madrid quite obviously pay off in this pristine guide to automated computer-aided design, not only informationally, but indeed in the intense he embodies in describing his techniques. Where another author's guide would be in all likelihood just as informational, George Head's "1000 Tips and Tricks" didn't just add all the ingredients together... he mixed them together throughout the pages without a peroxysm heretofor only found in novels, and added a sprig of hope and lust to the end that really made one consider how bueno one's life truly is if one is lucky enough to be guided by the apasionado, ferveroso and enfadado of Head's inexplicably enrapturing guide to AutoCAD.

[Heиry Floyd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mr. Head's "1000 Autocad Tips & Trucks" made me want to have a baby and squeeze it until it burst open. It quite literally changed my life, as well as my hair color. This guide is so awesome, it should be illegal. Don't read it without sunglasses, it will MELT YOUR BRAIN.

[Jon Howe Studios · Rating 5 out of 5]

This. This book. This book made. This book made me want to.

PARTY LIKE IT'S 1860 - gimme a second...

There are three parts to this book, and all of them are genius. The first part explains AutoCAD tips and trucks, which is only to be expected. It was fantastic. The second part described a large number of alcoholic drinks and which cats go best with which drink. I followed the lead of this beautiful, gorgeous man's book and I now have over 50 cats living in my basement and I have gained 60 pounds and become an alcoholic, lost my job and my son set my house on fire last May. Luckily my friend was able to take me in to his house, but he had already read 3 other George Head books and therefore had over 100 cats living in his bathroom. See what I mean? Birdfeeders are so great nowadays. They can attract a mate in no time. Because of the hardships endured by the ancient Roman philosophers of America, we now have to endure the most awful electronic music imaginable.

George Head is an inspiration to me and my six wives. We stay up at night blasting classical music at full volume and using strobe lights and burning giant piles of marijuana in the attic and setting off fireworks from the windows on the second floor where the second family of cats lives. Each of us is provided with a single stainless steel hammer, which we can use throughout the night to kill exactly one cat. Cats is dissolved in 10 gallons of hydrochloric acid which we store in the upstairs bathtub, and the concoction is used in a weekly ritual ceremony where new cats are birthed out of our eye sockets in a spiritual journey. The ritual is of course accompanied by a dramatic reading of "1000 AutoCAD Tips and Trucks" in Spanish while hundreds of gallons of LSD are dumped on our heads by a robotic system of levers installed in the ceiling.

During the after party, we all gather around old 1980's computers and use the AutoCAD program while under the influence of LSD, resulting in product designs which are then given to the cats to build out of clay and string. These products are then sold on the black market, and the profits go towards purchasing more copies of "1000 AutoCAD Tips and Trucks" for use in next week's ceremony.

Our children have beautiful eyes. Our grandmother has the most wonderfully naughty ideas. Our uncle has only a few years left in jail. Our aunt is in mint condition. Farewell, and good luck to you and your soul as you embark upon the spiritual journey of 1000 AutoCAD tips and trucks.